[GNC] How Do I Increase Font Size
Jerry Criswell (JC)
jcriswell58 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 7 15:41:04 EST 2026
I assume you mean you mean GC. Can't find any choices like those.
If you mean Quicken, it does have a "Large Text" choice which I have
used for years.
It is so sad that GC doesn't have the same option.
JC
On 1/7/26 12:27 PM, Danny Siminiuk wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> Try this...
>
> Menu - Accessibility - then enable "Large Text"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Criswell (JC)"<jcriswell58 at gmail.com>
> To: "Joseph St. Denis"<stdenis0 at yahoo.com>, "tom route36"<tom.route36 at gmail.com>
> Cc: "GC Help"<gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 10:55:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How Do I Increase Font Size
>
> Sorry. I've used Linux Mint for so long I forget to mention it
> sometimes. I have been unable to change the font size even though I
> messed with it for over an hour. I'm going to go ahead and start
> GnuCash as of the first of the year, but there is a 75% chance I won't
> continue with it due to the font problem. Nobody wants to climb up on
> the desk to read a monitor.
>
> JC
>
>
> On 1/7/26 6:43 AM, Joseph St. Denis wrote:
>> I have windows 11 and just used the global command to increase the
>> size of the display on all of programs that I use. You just have to
>> display settings and increase the size. I selected 125 % 150% was to
>> big for the existing column for the date. You go to display and change
>> the display settings open gnucash and any other programs you use to
>> see if you are happy with the results. If other people use your
>> computer then they can change the settings to suit them.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Joseph St Denis
>>
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>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM, Tom Route36
>> <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Jerry,
>>
>> You didn't say what operating system you have; but I'll assume it's
>> probably Windows. (Let me know if that's not right.) So assuming
>> Windows, here's what I think should work for you.
>>
>> 1. Exit and close GnuCash.
>> 2. Open Windows File Explorer.
>> 3. At the top center of the File Explorer window, backspace over
>> whatever is currently there to erase it.
>> 4. In that same erased space, type in the following:
>> %APPDATA%\GnuCash
>> 5. That should open the proper folder location with sub-folders
>> named:
>> books, checks, translog.
>>
>> IMPORTANT: If you don't see those sub-folders, STOP; since you're
>> probably in the wrong location.
>> But assuming you do see those folders, continue on.
>>
>> 6. In that folder location (%APPDATA%\GnuCash), look for a file
>> named:
>> gtk-3.0.css
>> 7a. If you see that file there, you'll need to edit it.
>> 7b. If you don't see that file there, you'll need to create it.
>> 8. Whether you edit it or create it, gtk-3.0.css is or will be a
>> plain
>> text file.
>> 9. The text that you need to have in that file is as follows (as
>> shown
>> here in the following 3 lines):
>> * {
>> font: 14pt arial, sans-serif;
>> }
>> 10. Once you've edited or created that file with the above 3
>> lines in
>> it, save the file.
>> 11. Make sure the saved file has the name "gtk-3.0.css", and that
>> there's no added .txt after .css.
>> 12. Once that's done, go ahead and re-open GnuCash.
>> 13. You should now hopefully see that the GnuCash font size is
>> larger.
>>
>> NOTE: If the font size is larger but still isn't large enough,
>> you can
>> make it even larger.
>> Go thru the same procedure again. But in step 9, change the font
>> size
>> to a larger number.
>> For example, change "14pt" to "16pt". I guarantee that will be
>> pretty
>> large even for older eyes.
>>
>> Let me know if this procedure works for you, or if you run into any
>> problems.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/5/2026 4:53 PM, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
>> > How do I increase font size in all of GnuCash? When you're 86
>> yrs old
>> > you need all the help you can get.
>> >
>> > JC
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